SHP Safety Talks – Lone Working

The SHP Safety Talks are a series of small thought pieces designed to get you thinking, whilst perhaps sipping your morning coffee. The SHP team have invited key individuals from the safety world to deliver these mini-lectures, and you can expect only the most insightful challenging and engaging threads.

The four videos presented here are a discussion of lone working by Nicole Vazquez.

Video 1: Defining lone working with Nicole Vazquez

In her first video for SHP Safety Talks, Nicole Vazquez, Worthwhile Training, introduces how to define lone working and assess its challenges.

In this educational video, Nicole covers definitions, risk management, completing risk assessments and an introduction to the PET analysis.

Video 2: Understanding lone worker policies with Nicole Vazquez

In her second video for SHP Safety Talks, Nicole Vazquez, Worthwhile Training, explains lone worker policies and procedures, including what to include in the content of a policy and the differences between lone workers at a fixed base and working away from a base.

In this educational video, Nicole also covers the golden rules for procedures including ownership, relevance, accessibility and a support network.

Video 3: Lone worker training and support with Nicole Vazquez

In her third video for SHP Safety Talks, Nicole Vazquez, Worthwhile Training, looks at how to train lone workers, getting workers to understand their roles and responsibilities, what to include when putting training packages together, and the importance of making training both task and risk specific.

Nicole also touches on line managers and their role in supporting lone workers.

Video 4: Supporting your mobile lone workers

In her fourth video for SHP, Nicole Vazquez explains how to support your mobile lone workers, including the purpose of lone worker services, and how to choose one.